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Human Rights

It is patently not a failure of the legislation because the provisions have been in force since 1950. Therefore, it must be a failure of administration—although, I must say, aided and abetted by Members saying that a charge of assault is a result of the Human Rights Act. It is not, and the hon. Gentleman should make sure that he understands the legislation before he refers to it. That highlights a key problem. The hon. Gentleman’s intervention has served the useful function of putting me in a position where I can move on to the half-witted bureaucrats who are a large part of the problem.